Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, kung pao beef. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Add the Szechuan pepper, if using, and the chillies. Combine the soy sauce, sesame oil, rice wine/sherry, egg white and salt in a glass bowl. Add the beef and stir to coat. Add a little vegetable oil to the wok, fry garlic, onions and ginger.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have kung pao beef using 20 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Kung Pao Beef:
- Get meat mix
- Prepare 1 1/4 lb Beef, lean is better
- Make ready salt
- Make ready ground black pepper
- Take 2 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
- Prepare sauce
- Get 2 tbsp ketchup, tomato
- Take 2 tbsp cooking white wine
- Prepare 2 tbsp soy sauce
- Take 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- Take 1 tbsp chili sauce or hot sauce
- Take main
- Get 2 tbsp Black pepper corns
- Prepare 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- Prepare 4 each fresh hot chillies like Serrano or jalapeno, more or less to taste
- Prepare 2 cup mixed veggies, fresh or frozen
- Make ready 3/4 cup dry roasted peanuts
- Prepare final
- Take 1/2 bunch cilantro, stems and leaves, chopped
- Take 2 each green onions, sliced
Combine beef, salt, egg white, and cornstarch. Toss together until well mixed and set aside. Stir together all ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl and set aside. Add two tbsp oil to the wok and stir-fry beef until just browned.
Instructions to make Kung Pao Beef:
- Slice beef into pieces. Mine were about 1/2 inch by 2 inches. But make them whatever size you like. I was using a sirloin steak this time. I cut it in half lengthwise, and sliced each half.
- Sprinkle the beef with salt and pepper in a small bowl, mix well
- Add cornstarch, mix until all is coated, set aside
- In a small container, I used a coffee mug, mix together the sauce ingredients. Set aside
- Using a stir-fry, wok, or skillet, add 1 tablespoon oil, heat on medium high
- Add about 1/3 of your fresh chillies, sliced or diced, to oil, stir for about 30 seconds
- Add veggies to pan, stir-fry until done, about 3-4 minutes, remove and set aside
- Add remaining 2 tablespoon oil to your pan, allow to heat up, about 30 seconds
- Roughly crush the pepper corns, add to the pan, stir for about 1 minute
- Remaining fresh chillies, add them to the pan, stir for 1 minute
- Add beef to pan, stir-fry until brown (not done, just browned), 2 - 3 minutes
- Add peanuts to meat, keep stirring, 1 minute
- Add veggies back in, keep stirring, 2 minutes to warm through.
- Give sauce one final stir, add to pan, keep stirring
- When the sauce has reduced and thickened, reduce heat to medium low, stir 1 minute to allow heat to reduce in pan.
- Add cilantro and green onions, stir for 1 more minute
- Serve. We usually serve ours over rice, but I could see this over noodles also.
Stir together all ingredients for the sauce in a small bowl and set aside. Add two tbsp oil to the wok and stir-fry beef until just browned. This Kung Pao Beef is a fiery stir fry of beef, vegetables and peanuts a sweet and savory sauce. It's an adaptation of kung pao chicken, the Szechuan dish with spicy, mouth-numbing heat. Skip the takeout and make your own at home!
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